Moral Obligation Quotes

• Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting process.

  Hillary Clinton

  Integrity, House, Voting

  "Hillary Rodham Clinton: What Every American Should Know". Book by the American Conservative Union (p. 71), September 30, 2005.

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• We all have a moral obligation to leave this world a better place than the world that we've found.

  Tim McIlrath

  Change, Responsibility, Leaving

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• If a policy is wrongheaded, feckless and corrupt, I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it's fixed.

  David Hackworth

  Sound, Feckless, Moral

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• If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it.

  John Lewis

  Moral, Obligation, Fairs

  "In Miami MLK Speech, Civil Rights Icon John Lewis Defiant In Feud With Trump" by Tim Padgett, wlrn.org. January 16, 2017.

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• A man should live his life a certain way not because of some divine authority, but because of a personal moral obligation to himself and others.

  Jodi Picoult

  Men, Way, Moral

  Jodi Picoult (2008). “Change of Heart: A Novel”, p.202, Simon and Schuster

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• Yes, I am my brother's keeper. I am under a moral obligation to him that is inspired, not by any maudlin sentimentality but by the higher duty I owe myself. What would you think me if I were capable of seating myself at a table and gorging myself with food and saw about me the children of my fellow beings starving to death?

  Eugene V. Debs

  Brother, Children, Helping Others

  "The Issue". Eugene V. Debs' speech in Girard, Kansas, May 23, 1908.

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• You have to pick the stories that you want to be involved with and the end game is you'd like to be a part of a hit. But I think your moral obligation is to follow your own heart.

  Kevin Costner

  Heart, Thinking, Games

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• It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Courage, Integrity

  Mark Twain (2013). “Autobiography of Mark Twain”, p.372, Univ of California Press

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• One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Religious, Responsibility

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2011). “Why We Can't Wait”, p.60, Beacon Press

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• We have a responsibility as a state to protect our most vulnerable citizens: our children, seniors, people with disabilities. That is our moral obligation. But there is an economic justification too - we all pay when the basic needs of our citizens are unmet.

  John Lynch

  Senior, Children, Responsibility

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• The civilized man has a moral obligation to be skeptical, to demand the credentials of all statements that claim to be facts.

  Bergen Evans

  Trust, Wisdom, Men

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• I was raised by my parents to believe that you had a moral obligation to try and help save the world.

  Anne Lamott

  Believe, Parent, Trying

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• If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.

  Marian Wright Edelman

  Change, Inspiring, Peace

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• I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Evil, Cooperation, Moral

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• It is our moral obligation to give every child the very best education possible.

  Desmond Tutu

  Children, Giving, Moral

  "Facing the Future: Global Education at the Crossroads" by Desmond Tutu, Dennis Van Roekel, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 21, 2010.

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• Americans are blessed with great plenty; we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are suffering from poverty, disease, war and famine.

  Adam Schiff

  War, Blessed, Compassion

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• Those who have prospered and profited from life's lottery have a moral obligation to share their good fortune.

  Dick Gephardt

  Moral, Share, Fortune

  Twitter post from Nov 01, 2016

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• I believe that the United States has a moral obligation to stand up for those citizens of the world who cannot stand up for themselves, and I am proud to have authored the bill signed into law today that continues to put significant pressure on the brutal Burmese military junta.

  Joseph Crowley

  Military, Believe, Law

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• A bold reform agenda is our moral obligation. If we make the case effectively and win this November, then we will have the moral authority to enact the kind of fundamental reforms America has not seen since Ronald Reagan's first year.

  Paul Ryan

  Winning, Years, America

  "Paul Ryan Is Faking It Until He Makes It" by Charles P. Pierce, www.esquire.com. May 23, 2012.

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• Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure.

  John Stuart Mill

  Two, Giving, Feelings

  John Stuart Mill (2008). “Utilitarianism and On Liberty: Including 'Essay on Bentham' and Selections from the Writings of Jeremy Bentham and John Austin”, p.187, John Wiley & Sons

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• Happiness is a moral obligation

  Dennis Prager

  Moral, Obligation

  Dennis Prager (2009). “Happiness Is a Serious Problem: A Human Nature Repair Manual”, p.3, Harper Collins

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• Everything in the world can be made better, and everything in the world therefore should be made better. It deserves to be made better. It's a moral obligation to try to improve things a little bit at a time.

  Phil Libin

  Trying, World, Littles

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• There may be a legal obligation to obey, but there will be no moral obligation to obey. When it comes to history, it will be the people who broke the law for freedom who will be remembered and honoured.

  Tony Benn

  Law, People, May

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• You have a moral obligation to finish the job you said you would do.

  Viggo Mortensen

  Jobs, Moral, Said

  "Twenty-one Reasons to Dig Viggo Mortensen" by Allison Glock, GQ, November 1, 2003.

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• There are always lessons to be found in the darkest moments. It's a moral obligation to dig deep and find that little glimmer of hope or pearl of wisdom.

  Andrea Pirlo

  Lessons, Pearls, Littles

  "ANDREA PIRLO EXCLUSIVE: I almost quit after losing to Liverpool in the Champions League final, Ferguson was a purple-nosed boss of 'battleship', how I nearly won the double at Chelsea... and why Hodgson called me a '****head'". www.dailymail.co.uk. April 14, 2014.

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